re: I just don't get it

I got no problem whatsoever with anyone protecting their lives, kids lives, property or pets from any threat. If I find a hot snake in my neighborhood, deer stand or duck blind it's toast just to be safe. I'm just saying it's a learned fear. It's not a fear that we are taught. And yeah, they do eat bird eggs. So do coons, skunks, squirrels, other birds and especially hogs. Whether you believe it or not snakes do eat a helluva lot of mice and rats. And if they could control the hog population, we'd have a helluva lot more to worry about than a bunch of damn pigs.